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May 2008 E-Beacon
Welcome to the latest edition of McMurdo's E-beacon. With summer starting in the northern hemisphere, McMurdo leisure product users are getting busy planning their adventures while McMurdo is gearing up for one of the biggest commercial shipping shows too. Read on!
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes abandons Everest attempt
So near yet so far. Only hours from the peak of Everest Sir Ranulph Fiennes, carrying his pocket-sized McMurdo FASTFIND PLB was forced to turn back due to exhaustion on Saturday 23rd May.
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McMurdo to exhibit at Posidonia
McMurdo will be exhibiting their range of distress beacons, NAVTEX and emergency VHF radios at the forthcoming Posidonia Show in Athens, Greece from 2nd to 6th June.
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Hobie Challenge competitor uses MAX G
Fin Mitchell is mounting the Hobie Challenge, a gruelling 2000 mile voyage around Britain in a small open Hobie Cat catamaran. Taking every safety precaution, Fin has equipped himself with a McMurdo FASTFIND MAX G PLB (Personal Location Beacon).
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Yachting centre Davis weather system goes live.
Following our news last month of the order received for a Davis Vantage Pro Weather station for the Warsash Sailing Club, the system has now been installed. McMurdo is the UK’s exclusive importer of the popular Davis Weather systems.
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Win a McMurdo MAX G PLB at Aero Expo
Aero Expo, one of the UK’s biggest general aviation exhibition, and attracts thousands of pilots and those involved in with private aircraft. McMurdo will be exhibiting there and have donated a FASTFIND MAX G PLB as a raffle prize to raise funds for LAA (Light Aircraft Association) Educational Trust.
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Mini Clubman World Trip takes shape
Duncan Mortimer has sent McMurdo the latest pictures of his Mini Clubman which is about to embark on a UK-wide and worldwide trip. McMurdo has agreed a sponsorship deal with Duncan , to assist him in his ‘Around the World in a Mini Clubman’ campaign. McMurdo is donating a Fastfind MAX G Personal Location Beacon (PLB) which Duncan can activate to alert rescue services if he gets into a life threatening situation out of mobile phone range.
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McMurdo’s home team is a winner
For those readers interested in football Saturday 17th May was a highlight for fans in McMurdo’s home town when Portsmouth won the FA Cup final.
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